I Have a New Love August 5, 2009
Posted by Emily in : Photography , 1 comment so farI have recently discovered the work of Michael Kenna.
I’m IN LOVE with his photographic style.
I dare say I love his art more than I love Ansel Adams’ art.
Which, is really saying a lot.
I can imagine my house filled with his fine art pieces one day.
They are just so beautiful.
Recently, I had to duplicate a photograph by someone who is a master of photography. I chose Michael Kenna because, like I said before, I LOVE his work.
I chose to copy his image of a wrench.
Not because I like wrenches, or heck, even know how to use a wrench, but because I thought it was the most likely picture I could reproduce.
This is my lame attempt at reproducing a masters work. It was more difficult that I expected it to be. Especially the post production of the image. It looks like it’s black and white, but it’s not a true black and white. It has a green tint to it. Getting the exact color of green overlay to match the original picture was tricky.
Kind of like following a recipe is tricky for me. I need more freedom than that.
Too many rules.
